Stitching-to-Combined Component of Textile and Plastic

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a stitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic including an upper transparent plastic layer, a lower transparent plastic layer and a textile layer. The textile layer is stacked between the upper transparent plastic layer and the lower transparent plastic layer, wherein the lower transparent plastic layer is stitching-to-combined with the textile layer and/or with both the textile layer and the upper transparent plastic layer by means of a decorative stitch to form a sewing pattern, by which the characteristics of the upper and lower transparent plastic layers such as waterproofing, antifouling, rigidity and durability are combined with the various texture of the textile layer to applied in the manufacturing of everyday items. In addition, with the rigidity of the upper and lower transparent plastic layers, a lighter textile such as gauze or lace can be used selectively in the manufacturing of bags.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a planar working component, and moreparticularly to a stitching-to-combined component of textile andplastic.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There are tens of thousands of everyday items used in our daily life,such as bags, shoes, and raincoats. These everyday items perform variouskinds of functions and possess various effects according to theirdiverse materials. For example, a raincoat made of nylon is capable ofbeing waterproof and bags made of varying leather types offer differenttextures and functions. Moreover, other plastics and textile materialsare commonly used as well. An item made of plastic has the merits ofwaterproofing, antifouling, rigidity and durability and an item made ofa textile material is richer and more varied in texture, pattern andfeel although it is not as good as a plastic material in terms ofwaterproofing, antifouling, rigidity and durability. Therefore textilematerials are just as popular as plastic materials for producingeveryday items, such as handbags.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

However, an item made of a single material of either plastic or atextile material is considered to be lacking in quality and variation instyle or having limited performances in waterproofing, antifouling,rigidity and durability. Items made of a single material of eitherplastic or textile cannot bring both advantages at the same time.

Therefore, the objective of the present invention is to provide astitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic which not onlypossesses the benefits of a plastic item such as waterproofing,antifouling, rigidity, durability and so on, but also maintains thecharacteristics of textiles including the advantages of texture andvariation in pattern. Thus the component can be applied in themanufacturing of a wide range of bags, shoes, raincoats and variousother everyday items.

The stitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic comprises anupper transparent plastic layer, a lower transparent plastic layer and atextile layer being stacked between the upper transparent plastic layerand the lower transparent plastic layer, wherein the lower transparentplastic layer, by means of a decorative stitch, is stitching-to-combinedwith the textile layer and/or is stitching-to-combined with both thetextile layer and the upper transparent plastic layer to form a sewingpattern.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the uppertransparent plastic layer or the lower transparent plastic layer is atranslucent plastic layer or a transparent plastic layer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the presentinvention further includes an outer frame combined with a main body, andthe outer frame includes an upper frame layer and a lower frame layer,wherein the upper frame layer is disposed on the upper transparentplastic layer, and the lower frame layer is arranged below the lowertransparent plastic layer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the textile layeris a lace layer, a weave layer, a gauze layer, or a mesh layer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the textile layerand the lower transparent plastic layer are stitching-to-combined by thedecorative stitch to form the sewing pattern above the textile layer andbelow the lower transparent plastic layer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the decorativestitch is applied to stitch to and combined with the upper transparentplastic layer and the previously stitched textile layer and lowertransparent plastic layer to form another sewing pattern which isoverlapped with the sewing pattern to form an overlapping pattern on theupper transparent plastic layer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the textile layer,the upper transparent plastic layer and the lower transparent plasticlayer are stitching-to-combined by the decorative stitch to form thesewing pattern above the upper transparent plastic layer and below thelower transparent plastic layer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the outer frame isa leather, a metal, a plastic, a weave textile or a cloth frame.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the outer frame isprovided with a plurality of hollow cut portions.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the presentinvention further includes an ornamenting element that is combined withthe textile layer, wherein the ornamenting element is a metalornamenting element, a jewelry ornamenting element, a plasticornamenting element or a glass ornamenting element.

By means of technical means of the present invention, the transparentplastic layer is combined with the textile layer by the decorativestitch in different stitching-to-combined to form a novel component, inwhich a textile layer is stacked between two translucent plastic layersor between two transparent plastic layers to not only possess varioustexture and variety but also maintain the merits of waterproofing,antifouling, rigidity and durability as found in a plastic item.Accordingly, the component of the present invention is suitable to beapplied in the manufacturing of bags, shoes, raincoats, and othereveryday items.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The structure and the technical means adopted by the present inventionto achieve the above and other objects can be best understood byreferring to the following detailed description of the preferredembodiments and the accompanied drawings.

FIG. 1 is a stereogram illustrating a stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic according to a first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic according to the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic according to the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a bag made of thestitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic according to thefirst embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a stereogram illustrating the stitching-to-combined componentof textile and plastic according to a second embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic according to a third embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic according to a forth embodiment of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 8 is a stereogram illustrating the stitching-to-combined componentof textile and plastic according to the forth embodiment according ofthe present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The embodiments of the present invention are described herein withreference to FIGS. 1 to 8. The descriptions herein should not be takenas limiting the present invention but is only for illustrating thepresent invention.

As referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic 100 according to a first embodiment of the presentinvention mainly includes an upper transparent plastic layer 1, a lowertransparent plastic layer 2 and a textile layer 3.

In this embodiment, the upper transparent plastic layer 1 and the lowertransparent plastic layer 2 can be transparent plastic layers ortranslucent plastic layers whose material can be selected frompolyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, or thermoplastic polyurethane.The material of the upper transparent plastic layer 1 can be differentfrom that of the lower transparent plastic layer 2. For example, whenthe material of the upper transparent plastic layer 1 is polystyrene,the material of the lower transparent plastic layer 2 is polyethylene,so that the two transparent plastic layers can have differenttransparency. The textile layer 3 is stacked between the uppertransparent plastic layer 1 and the lower transparent plastic layer 2,and in this embodiment, it is a weave textile layer, but also can be alace layer, a gauze layer, or a mesh layer.

The upper transparent plastic layer 1, the lower transparent plasticlayer 2 and the textile layer 3 are mainly combined by a decorativestitch 4. In this embodiment, the textile layer 3 and the lowertransparent plastic layer 2 are stitching-to-combined by the decorativestitch 4 to form a sewing pattern 7 above the textile layer 3 and belowthe lower transparent plastic layer 2. In this embodiment, the sewingpattern 7 stitching-to-combined by the decorative stitch 4 is an argylepattern. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Thesewing pattern 7 may have a polygon shape, a circle shape or any othershape in its pattern, and may be a pattern designed according to type,texture or characteristics of the textile object. The upper transparentplastic layer 1 is disposed on the textile layer 3 with which the lowertransparent plastic layer 2 is stitched to in order to protect thesewing pattern 7 from its thread breaking, stains or damage.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the upper transparent plastic layer 1and the stitched lower transparent plastic layer 2 and textile layer 3are combined by an outer frame 5. The outer frame 5 includes an upperframe layer 51 and a lower frame layer 52. The upper frame layer 51 isdisposed on the upper transparent plastic layer 1, and the lower framelayer 52 is arranged below the lower transparent plastic layer 2. Theupper frame layer 51 is stitching-to-combined with the lower frame layer52 by an outer frame stitch 6 so that the upper transparent plasticlayer 1 and the stitched lower transparent plastic layer 2 and textilelayer 3 are stacked between the upper frame layer 51 and the lower framelayer 52. A window portion 53 that is a carved out portion in the centreof the upper frame layer 51 and the lower frame layer 52 is provided forallowing the textile layer 3 and the sewing pattern 7 to be viewedtherethrough. In this embodiment, the window portion 53 is asquare-shaped hole. However, the present invention is not limited tothis. The window portion 53 can be in a circle shape, a polygon shape orany other different shape. Besides, the window portion 53 can beadjusted to different dimensions according to the range of the textilelayer 3 and the sewing pattern 7 that is desired to be viewed.Optionally, the upper frame layer 51 and the lower frame layer 52 areleather frames made of, for example, genuine leather or syntheticleather. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Thematerials of the upper frame layer 51 and the lower frame layer 52 canbe selected from metal, plastic, weave textile, cloth, and othermaterials. Furthermore, the material of the upper frame layer 51 and thematerial of the lower frame layer 52 can be different. For example, theupper frame layer 51 is made of genuine leather and the lower framelayer 52 is made of cloth.

By means of the aforementioned structure, the stitching-to-combinedcomponent of textile and plastic 100 possesses characteristics such aswaterproofing, antifouling, rigidity, and durability as derived from theupper transparent plastic layer 1 and the lower transparent plasticlayer 2, and maintains the merits of texture, various patterns, color,and varied sewing pattern 7 that can be viewed through the transparentplastic layer as obtained from the textile layer 3, such that it issuitable to be applied in the manufacturing of everyday items. Forexample, the stitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic 100is suitable to be used in producing a bag 8, because the rigidity of theupper transparent plastic layer 1 and the lower transparent plasticlayer 2 is being applied to the textile layer 3 which can be used as acover for preventing the inside contents of a bag 8 from being seen, asseen in FIG. 4. Therefore the bag 8 possesses at once both the merits offunctionality and personal privacy.

As shown in FIG. 5, a stitching-to-combined component of textile andplastic 100 a according to the second embodiment of the presentinvention is illustrated, in which the outer frame 5 is provided with aplurality of hollow cut portions 54. Particularly, the hollow cutportions 54 can be any shape, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, in whichthe hollow cut portions 54 are square-shaped. In this embodiment, thehollow cut portions 54 are located at regular intervals on the frameportion of the outer frame 5 around the window portion 53. However, thepresent invention is not limited to this. The hollow cut portions 54 maybe irregularly arranged or arranged in a staggered formation on theouter frame 5. In addition, the outer frame 5 may be formed by weaving acombined a plurality of bars such as leather bars, Chinese knot bars,etc., and the distances between the bars are adjustable to form thewindow portion 53 or the hollow cut portions 54.

In addition to combining the upper transparent plastic layer 1 and thestitched textile layer 3 and lower transparent plastic layer 2 by meansof the outer frame 5, other methods of combination, such as sticking,fastening, or hot melting, can be applied. The fastening method can beperformed by, for example, buttoning with buttons and the hot meltingmethod is by heating the upper transparent plastic layer 1 to thus fusethe upper transparent plastic layer 1 to the stitched textile layer 3and lower transparent plastic layer 2. Preferably, the outer frame 5 canbe selected replaced by means of buttoning, sticking, or any otherdetachable combined methods.

Alternatively, the textile layer 3 can further be combined with anornamenting element 9. The ornamenting element 9 may be a metalornamenting element, a jewelry ornamenting element, a plasticornamenting element, or a glass ornamenting element. For instance, themetal ornamenting element may be a rivet or a chain. A jewelryornamenting element may be a gemstone or an amber. A plastic ornamentingelement may be a paillette or a bead. A glass ornamenting element may bea glass pearl. In this embodiment, the ornamenting element 9 is apaillette, which is combined with the textile layer 3 by means ofstitching. Alternatively, different types of ornamenting elements, suchas the paillette and the rivet, can be combined with the textile layer3. As mentioned above, the practicality and the diversity of thestitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic 100 are furtherimproved. In addition, the upper transparent plastic layer 1, the lowertransparent plastic layer 2, and the textile layer 3 can be directlystitching-to-combined, and the detailed structure is described asfollows.

As shown in FIG. 6, in a stitching-to-combined component of textile andplastic 100 b according to the third embodiment of the presentinvention, the upper transparent plastic layer 1, the lower transparentplastic layer 2, and the textile layer 3 are stitching-to-combined bythe decorative stitch 4 to form a sewing pattern 7 above the uppertransparent plastic layer 1 and below the lower transparent plasticlayer 2. The structure mentioned above can be further combined with theouter frame 5 to have a stronger combination between all of theselayers.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, in a stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic 100 c according to the forth embodiment of thepresent invention, the textile layer 3 and the lower transparent plasticlayer 2 are stitching-to-combined by the decorative stitch 4 to form thesewing pattern 7 above the textile layer 3 and below the lowertransparent plastic layer 2. Another decorative stitch 4′ is applied tostitch to and combined with the upper transparent plastic layer 1 andthe stitched textile layer 3 and lower transparent plastic layer 2 toform another sewing pattern 7′ that overlaps with the sewing pattern 7to form an overlapping pattern. The overlapping pattern formed by thetwo sewing patterns 7 and 7′ is more plentiful, diverse, and firm instructure that can prevent thread loosening.

The above description should be considered as only the discussion of thepreferred embodiments of the present invention. However, a person withan ordinary skill in the art may make various modifications to thepresent invention and those modifications still fall within the spiritand scope defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A stitching-to-combined component of textile andplastic, comprising: an upper transparent plastic layer; a lowertransparent plastic layer; and a textile layer being stacked between theupper transparent plastic layer and the lower transparent plastic layer,wherein the lower transparent plastic layer, by means of a decorativestitch, is stitching-to-combined with the textile layer and/or isstitching-to-combined with both the textile layer and the uppertransparent plastic layer to form a sewing pattern.
 2. Thestitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the upper transparent plastic layer or the lowertransparent plastic layer is a translucent plastic layer or atransparent plastic layer.
 3. The stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic as claimed in claim 1, further including an outerframe combined with a main body, and the outer frame including an upperframe layer and a lower frame layer, wherein the upper frame layer isdisposed on the upper transparent plastic layer, and the lower framelayer is arranged below the lower transparent plastic layer.
 4. Thestitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the textile layer is a lace layer, a weave layer, agauze layer or a mesh layer.
 5. The stitching-to-combined component oftextile and plastic as claimed in claim 1, wherein the textile layer andthe lower transparent plastic layer are stitching-to-combined by thedecorative stitch to form the sewing pattern above the textile layer andbelow the lower transparent plastic layer.
 6. The stitching-to-combinedcomponent of textile and plastic as claimed in claim 5, wherein thedecorative stitch is applied to stitch to and combined with the uppertransparent plastic layer and the previously stitched textile layer andlower transparent plastic layer to form another sewing pattern which isoverlapped with the sewing pattern to form an overlapping pattern on theupper transparent plastic layer.
 7. The stitching-to-combined componentof textile and plastic as claimed in claim 1, wherein the textile layer,the upper transparent plastic layer and the lower transparent plasticlayer are stitching-to-combined by the decorative stitch to form thesewing pattern above the upper transparent plastic layer and below thelower transparent plastic layer.
 8. The stitching-to-combined componentof textile and plastic as claimed in claim 3, wherein the outer frame isa leather, a metal, a plastic, a weave textile or a cloth frame.
 9. Thestitching-to-combined component of textile and plastic as claimed inclaim 3, wherein the outer frame is provided with a plurality of hollowcut portions.
 10. The stitching-to-combined component of textile andplastic as claimed in claim 1, further including an ornamenting elementthat is combined with the textile layer, wherein the ornamenting elementis a metal ornamenting element, a jewelry ornamenting element, a plasticornamenting element or a glass ornamenting element.